St. Louis completing new bicycle-friendly routes
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Wed, 10/06/2004 - 4:01am
An STL Post-Dispatch article tell about the progress of Bike St. Louis. The route network will connect many St. Louis-area destinations, making it friendlier and more convenient to get around town by bicycle.
"This won't just be good for people who live here. It will be a good tourist draw, too," said St. Louis Alderman Lewis Reed, D-6th Ward, who spearheaded the idea of the trail.Foster is also a member of the Missouri Bicycle Federation Board of Directors.
"You'll be able to hop on a bike anywhere in St. Louis, ride to any park or attraction in the city, and do it safely."
The price was right, too, Reed said. The first phase will cost about $380,000, but 80 percent of that came from a federal grant. . . .
Bob Foster, chairman of the St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation, said St. Louis already enjoys a few exceptional bicycle accommodations. Metro, the local public transportation agency, allows bicycles on all of its light rail trains and most of its buses.
"We're ahead of a lot of places that way," he said.
Still, more improvements such as additional downtown bicycle racks are needed, he said.
Although a project of this scope is a first for the city, it's not like Midwesterners don't already love their bikes. Chicago has designated more than 100 miles of bikeways and invested millions in bike-related improvements.
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